Hanafin to publish school reports

PARENTS should have more information about local schools and greater help deciding where to enrol their children when school inspection reports are published for the first time.

Education Minister Mary Hanafin announced yesterday the first whole school evaluation (WSE) reports will be available on her department’s website from late March or early April.

These give an analysis of each school’s delivery of the curriculum, its resources and extra-curricular activities, as well as examining policies on behaviour, attendance, enrolment.